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Infection after radial keratotomy
J R Gussler1, D Miller, M Jaffe
1Department of Ophthalmology, Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, Miami, FL 33101, USA.
American Journal of Ophthalmology
|June 1, 1995
Abstract
Purpose/Methods:
Eight years after eight-incision radial keratotomy, a corneal ulcer developed around the inferotemporal incision in an otherwise healthy 39-year-old man. There was no history of corneal trauma or contact lens wear.
Results/Conclusions:
Both Fusarium and Acanthamoeba organisms were eventually isolated from the ulcer. A therapeutic keratoplasty was performed. Inferotemporal incisions may be predisposed to epithelial breakdown and infection many years after radial keratotomy.